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Æ18 - Septimius Severus ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Maeonia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Heracles standing to the right, nude, resting his right hand upon a club set on the ground before him; in his left arm he holds a cornucopia, and a lion skin is draped over his left forearm or arm. The figure is rendered in the compact style characteristic of provincial Lydian bronzes. The ethnic legend ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing civic authority of Maeonia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ (Translation: of the Maeonians) |
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Maeonia was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the broader surge in provincial bronze production that followed his victory in the civil wars of 193–197 AD. Having defeated Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus in succession, Severus actively cultivated loyalty across the eastern provinces, and the cities of the Sardis conventus responded with increased minting activity — partly honorific, partly practical.
The Sardis conventus administered a string of small Lydian communities whose individual issues are often poorly documented. V.2#70249 sits in a reference series where die linkages between Maeonian bronzes remain incompletely catalogued.